HR 297 118th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment discrimination and employee rights Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Military medicine Military personnel and dependents

To direct the Secretary concerned to reinstate a member involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces solely on the basis of the refusal of such member to receive a vaccination against COVID-19.

Introduced: January 11, 2023 Introduced by: Mast, Brian J. Republican · Florida See on congress.gov

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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Jan 11, 2023

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the military departments to reinstate individuals (upon their request) who were involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces solely based on their refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Such individuals must be reinstated in the grade they held prior to the separation.

What's happening now January 11, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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